UPSC ESE Eligibility Criteria 2016

UPSC will conduct the preliminary exam for engineering services in January 2017. The recruitment notification contains various information regarding exam pattern. Further we will publish pages related to UPSC ESE job profile and salary structure. If you have applied for the exam then you can download call letters and admit card. Finally you can see the exam results when the selection process is over. Here we will tell you about the latest UPSC ESE Eligibility Criteria 2016 including UPSC ESE age limit, citizenship and UPSC ESE Educational Qualifications.

UPSC ESE Eligibility Criteria

Are you Eligible for the Exam?

If you are looking for UPSC ESE Eligibility Criteria, then read the relevant sections of nationality, age limit and educational qualifications given below. This page will clear all your doubts regarding eligibility criteria for recruitment in engineering services. Are you too asking yourself “Am I Eligible?” then just check now and ensure your eligibility.

Nationality

A candidate must be either:
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st January,1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania(Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Candidates belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be persons in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the Examination but the offer of appointment will be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India.

UPSC ESE Age Limit

Candidate should not be less than 21 years and not more than 30 years of age as on 01 January 2017. So he/she must have been born between 02 January 1987 and 01 January 1996.

Candidate should note that Date of Birth as recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary Examination Certificate or an equivalent certificate available on the date of submission of application will only be accepted by SSC.

The relaxation criteria in UPSC ESE Age Limit are as follows.

The upper age limit for prescribed categories of government department posts is 35 years.

For SC/ ST candidates – 05 years.

OBC candidates – 03 years.

Ex-servicemen – 05 years.

Other age relaxations as per central government rules.

UPSC ESE Educational Qualifications

For admission to the examination, a candidate must have –

(a) obtained a degree in Engineering from a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956; or

(b) passed Sections A and B of the Institution Examinations of the Institution of Engineers (India); or

(c) obtained a degree/diploma in Engineering from such foreign University/College/Institution and under such conditions as may be recognised by the Government for the purpose from time to time, or

(d) passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (India); or

(e) passed Associate Membership Examination Parts II and III/Sections A and B of the Aeronautical Society of India; or

(f) passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electronics and Radio Engineers, London held after November, 1959.

Note: – A candidate for the post of Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering Posts) and Indian Radio Regulatory Service Gr ‘A’ may possess any of the above qualifications or the qualification mentioned below namely:‐ M.Sc. degree or its equivalent with Wireless Communication, Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a special subject

Application Fee: All candidates except for reserved category have to pay a prescribed non refundable application fee of Rs 200. There is no fee for reserved category candidates and females.